THIS IS OUR JAM: Goat

Hybrid voodoo trance grooves are getting Cat Sarsfield's goat

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Why: The first time I watched a music video for Goat I felt like I was on the verge of having an epileptic shock. Epileptic because there were more flashing lights than a disco ball at Infernos, and shock because despite appearances (and name ) they were pretty good.

According to the band's bio, legend has it a voodoo curse was inflicted upon their hometown of Korpolombolo centuries ago, and "the power of the curse can be felt throughout the grooves of the Goat records", or so says their blog.

Admittedly, they do look a little spooky. Their grooves definitely have a ritualistic vibe to them, which is perhaps why their sound is so hypnotic.

It's difficult to place Goat- their album, "World Music", does a good job of it- there's a sixties/seventies edge to them- as I listen to their song "The Sun and The Moon", I envision hundreds of hippies bashing tambourines around a fire in a nudist commune, sacrificing an animal of some sort (probably a goat), ritualistic dancing a-go. Sort of what their video entails- although it's a lot more tribal than my hippie fantasy. It's not music that provokes the soul or mind- lyrics are scarce, and when there are lyrics, I'm not entirely sure of what they're saying, which is refreshing for a girl who pays acute attention to lyrical resonance.

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The album, as expected from a band called Goat, is very 'goat orientated'. I'm talking Goatman, Goathead, Goatlord et al.

Goathead is a rock-heavy rhythmic number; minor cadences give it a bit of a kick, and there's a New Yorkseventies vibe to it- really it was made to be featured in an Andy Warhol Factory film with Edie Sedgewick dancing her little bottom off to it. Rocking guitar licks and synthesised beats make this one a winner. Surprisingly, three minutes in, the beats are turned down as the music fades into classical guitar riffs, a Spanish element injected to provide a relaxing and colourful contrast, the tide turning in the background. It's fun and surprising music- light and heady, ready to take you where ever you want to go.

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